Clubmark

An introduction to ECB Clubmark

ECB Clubmark is cricket’s club accreditation scheme for clubs with a junior section run in partnership with Sport England. By registering, you are joining a growing number of cricket clubs across England and Wales that are prioritising junior development, creating a benchmark for high quality community club cricket.

ECB Clubmark gives your club an opportunity to create and implement new procedures as well as acknowledge existing practices. Cricket clubs are required to present evidence and demonstrate implementation across four different themes culminating in the production of a Club Development Plan.

The four themes are:

* Duty of Care and Safeguarding Children * The Cricket Programme * Knowing your club and its Community – One Game * Club Management.

Upon registration for ECB Clubmark the Club will receive its own Evidence Folder. You will find background information and full details of the required criteria for each of the above themes in the Evidence File Checklist section of the ECB Clubmark folder. If they haven’t already done so, your County Cricket Development Manager or Nominated Officer will explain the full accreditation process to you, providing you with the appropriate support to achieve the desired objectives. Accompanying your ECB Clubmark Cricket Evidence File is a USB stick of support resources containing templates, policies and procedures. Useful website addresses are also detailed at the end of the folder.

By achieving the standards set by ECB Clubmark, your club can not only improve its own performance and sustainability, but will also be playing a part in helping to ensure a healthy future for community club cricket.

It is recognised that each cricket club that registers to work towards ECB Clubmark accreditation will approach it in a different way and from a different starting position. Clubs can work through the process at their own pace, building upon existing policies and procedures, as well as utilising the wide range of support resources, including templates and model documents, that are provided to be amended and adopted to suit individual club circumstances.

Mick Glenn is our Club Cricket Development Manager and together with Clubmark nominated officers, Glendon Dallard, Angela Gregson, Richard Wood and Dave Bull helps clubs through the process of achieving ECB Clubmark Accreditation .The process gives clubs an opportunity to write and implement new procedures as well as acknowledge existing practices. You are required to present evidence and demonstrate implementation across four different themes, culminating in the production of a Club Development Plan. For more information, call Mick on 01332 388130 or email: mick.glenn@derbyshireccc.com.